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Safety

Worker slips from safety harness, survives fall into basement on Maine jobsite

A worker in Maine is fortunate to have survived a two-story fall after slipping out of his safety harness Monday. According to a report from WMTW TV, the man was working as part of a crew at the Oxford Wastewater Treatment Facility when he fell slipped and fell. At the time of the fall the worker […]

May 28, 2015

Safety

Ten deaths in 15 days

Ten deaths in 15 Days That was the headline in my print editorial for Equipment World’s May issue. From April 1 -15, we reported 10 fatal accidents on our website, ranging from a 4-ton pipe rolling from a wheel loader that crushed a worker in California to a crew member killed in a trench collapse […]

May 25, 2015

Safety

Friday is “Don’t Fry Day”; OSHA campaign reminds workers of the dangers of sun overexposure

As outdoor temperatures begin to rise, so does the chance of illnesses related to working outside. Heat stress and overexposure to the sun’s ultraviolet rays can cause deadly effects – both in the short and long run. OSHA, which has long led a campaign to prevent heat illness in outdoor workers, has teamed up with […]

May 21, 2015

Safety

B-SAFE: New program improves construction safety by updating workers weekly on jobsite conditions

A new construction safety program is ignoring a certain saying about free lunches in order to increase awareness about the specific working conditions on individual jobsites. Dubbed B-SAFE (Building Safety For Everyone), the program was developed over the last few years by Harvard student Emily Sparer who graduated earlier this month with a doctorate in occupational safety. […]

May 20, 2015

Safety

Worker dies following floor collapse in Michigan

A worker part of a crew performing renovations on an older building in Ypsilanti, Michigan, died earlier this week following a floor collapse. According to a report from the Ann Arbor News, the worker and three others were clearing the building’s basement for an excavator to be brought in on Monday when the floor above them […]

May 13, 2015

Safety

OSHA updates its required “Job Safety and Health” poster; download it here

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration has made available the newest version of Job Safety and Health: It’s the Law, a poster that covers workers’ safety rights and employer responsibilities. All covered employers are required by OSHA regulation 29 CFR 1903.2 to display the poster in a conspicuous place where employees can read it. If an […]

May 5, 2015

Safety

Group of construction firms launches second-annual Safety Week

In an effort to increase awareness for heightened and daily attention to safety precautions in the construction industry, a group of firms across the U.S. has launched its second-annual Safety Week for construction. More than 40 national and global construction firms partnered together last year to form the Construction Industry Safety Initiative (CISI) and the Incident […]

May 4, 2015

Workforce

Crew saves co-worker’s life using CPR on Missouri construction site

When Curtis Todd’s co-workers saw him lying flat on the ground as the crew worked on a residential jobsite in Columbia, Missouri, they thought he had simply slipped when hooking a chute to the back of a concrete truck. Co-worker Bill Parsons said the crew even joked about it. That was before they saw the blood. […]

April 22, 2015

Roadbuilding

Four-ton pipe rolls from wheel loader, crushes worker in California work zone

While working a highway job near San Francisco Wednesday, a construction worker was crushed and killed by a large pipe. According to a report from the Press Democrat, 28-year-old Jared Overfield was killed inside a work zone along Highway 101 as part of a crew working to improve a frontage road. Overfield was directing a wheel loader operator […]

April 16, 2015

Safety

Wheel loader operator killed while attempting to free stuck concrete truck in Nebraska

A construction worker was killed in Nebraska over the weekend while attempting to free a concrete truck that had gotten stuck. According to a report from WOWT TV, 26-year-old Craig Anderson was at the controls of a wheel loader on a jobsite near Schuyler Saturday when the chain he was using to pull the truck free […]

April 14, 2015

Roadbuilding

Worker killed in work zone backover accident in Pennsylvania

A construction worker installing guardrail along a Pennsylvania highway was killed last week when a vehicle or piece of equipment backed over him. According to a report from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 43-year-old Legrant Blackwell was in the blind spot of an unidentified “construction vehicle” inside a work zone on Route 22 in Washington County. The vehicle […]

April 13, 2015

Safety

Ironworker dies after fall at NYC mansion renovation

Following a fall from a ladder suffered while working on a major home renovation on New York City’s Upper East Side, a construction worker died from his injuries over the weekend. According to a report from the New York Post, the unidentified ironworker was, “installing a plate under a second-floor balcony,” when he fell from a […]

March 26, 2015